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JOHN s. -TIL'romo-r PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 74,258, dem February 11, 186e,

,meeoven ron BRUSHES.

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Be it known that I, JOHN S. Txnron, of Philadelphia', Pennsylv'rene,l beve invented an ImprevedSleeve for Brushes; undv I do hereby declare the following to be n full,.elen-r, and exact description of the sante. I My invention consists of e sleeve for paint-brushes, composed of'a tube vof canvas or equivalent materiel,

luwing, at the lower edge, an annuler metnl spring, which eonnesftbe sleeve to the brush without being inju-` rionsly niiectedby, themeterialsnl'o which the brush-is introduced. p p a In order to ennble others altillo-:l in the art toma'ke and apply my, invention, I will new proceed to describe its construction ond operation, ref' rence beingllnd to the nccompenying drawing, which forms n part 0f this specification, and in whieh4 Figure 1 is on exterior view of pert of epeint-brnsh'with my improved sleeve..

Figure 2, the seme partly in section, and

Figure 3 u section on the line 1 2, g. 1. 4- v 4Anis n. brush, the hairs or bristles composing which rebound togetheret their upper end, and are secured toehnndle, c, by e. cord orwire, 1:,'in the usual manner. The nppeifpnit-of` tlie'brnsh is enclosed byu sleeve, f, consisting, in the present instance, of a. strip ofcanve-s, the edges of'` which are secured togethel-` by a lace, cl,

` passing through openings, e, inr the stripythesaid lace being-also lapped round thesl'eevoLnear its UPP?" end,

so as to confine the same more securely to the brush; At thelower edge of 'the sleeve is en annuler spring,'n,' of coiled wire, tbesnid spring being of such e) size that, while' it may be expended so es to'pnss readily over thebr'ush', it will, on contracting, confine the lower edge'of the'lsleevc closely to' the mess of bristles. As these biistles weer away, the lace' is loosened, and 'thel sleeve is raised, to be agnin y'tisghtez'xed by the lneeafteradjustment, the portion of the sleeve which projects above the top .of the brush being cut nwe'y. l

...The lossivhich results from reducing the length of the mass of bristles, in order-to impart'sucient rigidity to'tlie brush, nny be prevented the use ofA the 4ubeve-describefll sleeve, which imparts the desired rigidity to the brush, and yet permits tbelbristles to bend to the limited extent desired'. t d

Sleeves@ bridles, composedentirelyof elestic meterial, have hitherto been used, but are. inefficient, inasmuch as 'the painter varnish destroys the elasticity of the-sleeve. It willAbe apparent tbn-t a. 'sleeve consstlng-.of a tube o lcenves, or its equivnlent, and hsvingst itslower edge on annuler metal spring, will retain its'eiciency as long'as it is sed.

If desirable, the luce mny be dispensed with, and a. sleeve consisting of .n section of continuous tubular fabric maybe employed. i A

I claim es my invention, end desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y A sleeve, consisting of a, tube or strip of cxmvns or equivalent materiel, hnvinget its lower metal spring, "n, as and for `the purpose described. t

edge an annular.

In 4testimony whereof, I have signed my nem'e to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses@ Witnesses z" CHARLES E. FOSTER, y WJ J., B.. DELANY.

"JNQ. s. TILTON.'

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